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AM Scanner Traffic — 2.15.11

  • 11:37 a.m. A traffic offense has degenerated into a citizen dispute @ Sherman & 15th/CdA.
  • 11:25 a.m. Officer reports that motorists are using the restricted cut-across on I-90 near Huetter Road to get around e/b stoppage caused by maintenance work on freeway guardrails.
  • 11:21 a.m. Handi Mart on Spokane/Post Falls reports gas driveoff by woman in gray station wagon. (Update: Woman tells dispatch that she paid for the gas. Officer asks to meet her at station.)
  • 11:18 a.m. 47YO female is shaking uncontrollably in 8500 block of Meadowbrook/Rathdrum.
  • 10:33 a.m. No one is injured in rear-end collision on e/b I-90 @ M/P 9 (near Huetter rest stop).
  • 10:03 a.m. Trucker in hit-and-run incident with patrol car (9:28 a.m.) is taken into custody.
  • 9:28 a.m. Unloaded blue logging truck crashes into back of patrol car and leaves scene on H5 @ M/P 4 (4 miles northeast of Plummer).
  • 9:25 a.m. A disorderly male reportedly is located @ 23rd & Sherman/CdA.
  • 9:24 a.m. A boulder, about 18 inches in diameter, is lying on H97 @ M/P 80 (Carlin Bay Road).
  • 9:19 a.m. A labrador is running loose & creating a traffic hazard @ Huetter & Lancaster/Hayden. Motorists are trying to catch it.
  • 9:01a.m. Caller reports an unconscious person in 1200 block of N. 15th/CdA.
  • 8:51 a.m. A vehicle is fully engulfed in flames in a driveway @ Poleline & Greensferry/Post Falls.
  • 8:48 a.m. Responders are asked to turn off water at 1791 Windsor/CdA.\
  • 8:27 a.m. Individual who emerged from woods is flipping off motorists @ 18100 H41.
  • 8:09 a.m. Vehicles are slowing down or stopped as a result of guardrail maintenance onn e/b I-90 @ M/P 9 (near Huetter).
  • 8 a.m. M. wants to see an officer re: a recent battery in her neighborhood.
  • 7:30 a.m. KHQ: A structure fire is being reported at 232 N. Cambi in Post Falls according to fire dispatch. We're working on gathering you more details.


D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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